existing building stock

Challenges in transition towards a sustainable built environment from a European and National perspective

Submitted by on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:36

By 2050, the entire built environment must be climate neutral. Before that final date, we have to find an alternative to the use of fossil energy in the built environment. The switch to a climate neutral built environment requires an integrated approach, focusing on switching to alternative, non-fossil fuels and on reducing the energy demand by taking energy efficiency measures.

Exist’air: airtightness measurement campaign and ventilation evaluation in 117 pre-2005 French dwellings

Submitted by on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 17:02

Between 2017 and 2018, the Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Planning (Cerema) organized an airtightness measurement campaign in 117 multi-family collective and single-family French dwellings. These dwellings were built before 2005, that is, before the release in 2005 of the fifth French thermal regulation for new dwellings, that was the first to introduce specific requirements for airtightness.